Congressman Bartlett and Peak Oil Revisited [Part 2]

[luxe115]

Would this be an indication of why it was so important to have a presence in Iraq? We need oil, an invasion of Saudi Arabia was, of course, out of the question. But if you look at the size of Iraq on the map in terms of available oil, wouldn't it make sense to capitalize on their instability? No one wants to be imperialistic, but what do we do? Do we lose for the sake of losing?

[jaralero]

Search Wikipedia for The Great Game and you'll see that the strategic war for dominance in Central Asia has been going on for more than a century. You've mentioned a key player: Saudi Arabia. Alike Kuwait, a regime of the Brits. Kuwait funded Iraq's war with Iran (remember the nationalization of BP and the coup that followed). After the war, Kuwait declined Iraq's request to condone its debt... Americans have already lost the Imperial game, that's why you've bailed out China. It's Oil AND Gas.

[WolYou]

The USA has done absolutely nothing about it, because they have COMPANIES running the oil production instead the NATION running it. The interests of companies are opposite to the ones of nations. While companies don't suffer when oil gets scarce (prices go up, profits for a few people goes up), nations (aka the "normal" people) are suffering greatly. Companies are dictatorships, not democracies. If your country worships "The Corporation", you're already living in a dictatorship.

[bdist]

I find it appalling that only 1181 people has seen this video so far, and that likely most of these people already know about peak oil.

[wannabegunslinger]

Agreed.

[kirillredscare]

my thoughts exactly

[OperationCrossroad]

Congressman Bartlett found his audience on YouTube. Thank God for YouTube and the way it allows this important message to be disseminated thru the internet. Besides, needed changes won't come thru the intervention of the House of Rep. which is constituted mostly of windbags (Bartlett being the one exception). It's up to the people to get the message and vote with the way they spend their money, constantly having energy efficiency on their mind. If the masses get the message, things will change.